Rerailer



G. T. LEWIS Jan. 25, 1927.

RERAILER Filed Sept. 2, 1925 gwuento c Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

ifiiifaaid GEORGE 'I. LEWIS, OF MAYFIELID, KENTUCKY.

RERAILER.

Application filed September 2, 1925. Serial No. 54,091.

\ It is a purpose of the present invention to provide, in a rerailer, a construction applicable to either side of the rail for re railing the wheels of a locomotive or car.

i Another purpose is to provide a rerailer consisting of a body which is of a substantial height, in excess of the height of a rail, and of substantial width, the highest point ofthe body being laterally away from the ball of the rail with the surface of the body sloping down toward both ends from the center of the upper surface of the body, the remote -ends of both slopes having wide spreads with grooves or corrugations in the sloping surfaces which lead to the central highest point of the body of the rerailer, acting materially to guide the flanges of the wheel to the upper surface of the ball of the rail, enabling the wheels to rerail easily and conveniently.

Still another purpose is to construct and arrange the corrugations or grooves on the curved sloping, surfaces of the body of the rerailer, so that they will merge together adjacent the center of the upper surface of the body of the rerailer, the merging grooves being sufficient in number to direct the wheels easily and conveniently to the ball of the rail, there being a flange on one side of the highest central portion of the body of the rerailer to prevent the wheels from rolling off the rerail-er in the wrong direction, the flange being sujficient to insure clirecting the rails so that they will rerail upon the ball of the rail without difliculty.

A further purpose is the provision of a rerailer having a lateral extension with a curved over tongue to overlie the ball of the rail to retain the rerailer in place.

It is to be borne in mind that the construction and arrangement of the extension and the tongue are such as to permit the rerailer to be adjusted along the side of the rail, so that the rerailer can be arranged in the proper position for rerailing the wheels.

A still further purpose is to provide pointed spurs on the bottom of the base of the rerailer to bite into the surface of the ties to prevent slipping of the rerailer when the wheels are in the act of rerailing.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative and that, while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modifications of detail and desired proportions may be made in the apparatus according to the circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved rerailer constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the remote widely spread ends of the body of the rerailer and also illustrating the grooves on the surface to insure the rerailing of the wheels.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3&3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the rerai'ler, showing the side face of the rerailer which lies against one face of the rail.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a rail and 2 denotes the rerailer as a whole. The rerailer comprises a body 3, the central portion of which is of substantial height in excess of the height of the rail, so that the side i of the body of the rerailer may be formed with a flange 5 of substantial height.

This flange extends in opposite directions from the center of the body of the rerailer, diminishing in height to the opposite ends of the rerailer. The opposite end portions of this flange at different points have abrupt dii'ninishing sections, the diminishing portions of which are indicated by the numeral 6.

The remote ends of the body of the re railer have substantial spreads, so as to in sure the wheels being directed toward a rerailing position on the ball of the rail. The upper surface of the body of the rerailer gradually curves or slopes in opposite directions toward the wide spreads of the rerailer, that is, those-at the remote ends of the rerailer. The upper surfaces of these curved or sloping faces at points adjacent the wide spreads have a series of grooves 7 and 8, certain of which act to guide the wheels along the curved or sloping surfaces toward and into the grooves 9 which are adjacent the flange 5. In other words, the outer walls of the grooves or tracks 9 are parts of the flange 5. The grooves 8 are located to direct the wheels toward the curved guides 10, that is, between the walls 11 and portions of the side of the ball of the rail. The bottoms of the curved guides are below the botill toms of the grooves 9 and when the wheels cooperate with the guides 10, the wheels readily rerail with substantially less difficulty than when traversing the grooves 9.

The central portion of the body of the rerailer has a lateral extension 12, upon the upper surface of which the grooves 9 intersectwhile the guides 10 intersect on the upper surface of the extension 12. This extension 12 has its upper surface at a height substantially above the upper surface of the ball of the rail, acting to cause the wheels to more easily rerail. The extension overlies the ball of the rail and has a tongue 13 which overlies the side of the ball of the rail and thereunder, hence preventing lateral displacement of the body of the rerailer.

The face of the body of the rerailer which lies against the side of the rail is of such formation as shown as to conform to the shape of the rail and thereby engage therewith and hold the rerailer in a substantial position. The body of the rerailer is hollowed out, as at let, thereby considerably lessening the weight of the rerailer. The under surface of the base of the body of the rerailer is provided with a series of projections or sharp points 15 which einbed readily into the upper surfaces of the ties to prevent slipping of the rerailer, although it is possible to adjust the rerailer along and adjacent the side of the rail.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

A rerailer comprising a body for disposition against the side of a rail, the body at an intermediate pointbeing formed on the edge remote from the rail with an upstanding flange extending above the tread of the rail, the body inclining downwardly in opposite directions from the center point and being laterally expanded at the lower edges of the inclines and provided on the upper face thereof with grooves, a lateral projection formed on the rail side of the body and overhanging the ball of the engaged rail, diagonally disposed ribs formed on the upper face of the body adjacent said flange and defining with the latter converging guideways communicating with said grooves said guideways intersecting and extending across said extension.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE T. LEWIS. 

